Fin del Mundo Waterfall

The trail climbs from the road outside Mocoa through rainforest for around four kilometres, crossing streams and passing smaller falls and pools, to a rock lip where a river drops roughly seventy metres off the edge into the valley below - the name comes from the sense at the top of the ground simply ending, with jungle stretching away towards the Amazon basin. Visitors stand at the lip, and people have fallen; guides are now required and there are rules about where to go. The walk is muddy and steep and takes two to three hours each way. Mocoa sits where the Andes drop into the Amazon, which is why the biodiversity is high and the rainfall heavy. A landslide disaster struck the town in 2017.

What you actually see

• A drop of about seventy metres - off a rock lip into the valley.
• A four-kilometre jungle climb - with streams and smaller pools.
• The edge of the Andes - jungle running away towards the Amazon.
• Guides now required - after falls from the lip.

When to go

December to March, though rain is frequent year round. A full day.

Honest expectations

People have died falling from the top - the edge is unguarded and wet. The trail is steep, muddy and takes two to three hours each way. Guides are required. Rain can make it impassable.

Nearby

Mocoa is north; the Sibundoy valley is west up the mountain.